4 con­vic­tions in 1 day for mi­nors’ sex­ual as­sault

Aspe­cial Pocso Act court in Mum­bai on Mon­day con­victed four peo­ple in­volved in three cases of sex­ual as­sault on mi­nors. A 44-year-old Ban­dra wid­ower got 10 years’ in jail for rap­ing and get­ting his 17-year-old niece preg­nant. In the sec­ond con­vic­tion, a 36-yearold man was sen­tenced to seven years’ jail for sex­u­ally as­sault­ing his 13-year-old neigh­bour. In the third case, two men got four years in jail for kid­nap­ping and mo­lest­ing a 12-year-old. The third ac­cused was found guilty of kid­nap­ping and sen­tenced to three years in prison. Cel­e­brat­ing Pon­gal/Magh Bihu/Ut­taCraey­laenb/rPaotiun­sgh Paorn­bgoanl